MANHATTAN (CN) - The "micronite filter" Kent cigarettes touted as "health protection" in the 1950's contained asbestos, a former smoker suffering from malignant mesothelioma claims in court. Myrna ...

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – According to the 2013 Judicial Hellhole report published by the American Tort Reform Association, more law firms are bringing lung cancer cases to America’s courtrooms, ...

A San Francisco jury has awarded $1.36 million to a terminally ill man who smoked filter-tipped Kent cigarettes in the 1950s that contained asbestos. Lawyers for Don Lenney and his wife, Monica, said ...

CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) – An Illinois appellate judge denied a cigarette manufacturer’s motions to bar two experts from testifying that the asbestos-containing “Micronite” filters once found in Kent ...

It’s hard to think of anything more reckless than adding a deadly carcinogen to a product that already causes cancer—and then bragging about the health benefits. That’s what Lorillard Tobacco did 60 ...

It's hard to think of anything more reckless than adding a deadly carcinogen to a product that already causes cancer—and then bragging about the health benefits. That's what Lorillard Tobacco did 60 ...

Lorillard Inc. has won a federal court case claiming the death of a Baltimore man was caused by asbestos released by filters in Kent cigarettes. The suit was filed by the family of Stanley Lesnick, ...